Isabella Dageago is a Nauruan nurse and politician who currently serves as the Minister Health and

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in the

Parliament of Nauru The Parliament of Nauru has 19 members, elected for a three-year term in multi-seat constituencies. The President of Nauru is elected by the members of the Parliament.

Career

Prior to entering politics, Dageago trained and qualified as a nurse. In the

2019 Nauruan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 24 August 2019. President Baron Waqa lost his seat in Boe Constituency, making him ineligible for a third term. Following the elections, Lionel Aingimea was elected President, winning a parliamentary ...

, Dageago was elected as one of two Members of Parliament for

Yaren District Yaren (in earlier times Makwa/Moqua) is a district of the Pacific island country of Nauru. It is the '' de facto'' capital of Nauru and is coextensive with Yaren Constituency. It is also the fourth-least-populated capital in the world.

, alongside incumbent

Charmaine Scotty Charmaine Eraidinomo Scotty
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; she unseated former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Kieren Keke Kieren Aedogan Ankwong Keke (born 27 June 1971) is a Nauruan politician and medical doctor. He is a member of the Parliament of Nauru and former Minister of Finance and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Background He is currently a leading figure o ...

. Dageago ran as an independent. Dageago and Scotty were the only female MPs elected. In that election,

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Baron Waqa Baron Divavesi Waqa (; born 31 December 1959) is a Nauruan politician who currently serves as the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum. He was the President of Nauru from 11 Ju ...

lost his seat, and was succeeded by

Lionel Aingimea Lionel Rouwen Aingimea (born 2 September 1965) is a Nauruan lawyer and politician. He served as President of Nauru from 2019 to 2022. He currently serves as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru. Early life Aingimea was born in September 19 ...

. Aingimea named Dageago as a member of his Cabinet, giving her the portfolios for Health and Home Affairs. During Dageago's tenure as Minister Health, she has led Nauru's response to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, including declaring a national emergency in March 2020. In April 2021, Dageago personally issued the country's first vaccine to Aingimea; by May, she announced that the entire adult population of Nauru - accounting for 63% of the total population - had been vaccinated against coronavirus, and estimated second doses would be completed by July 2021 following a donation of 10, 000 vaccinations from the

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. As of August 2021, no cases of coronavirus had been reported in Nauru. After President

David Adeang David Ranibok Waiau Adeang (born 24 November 1969) is a Nauruan politician, currently serving as President of Nauru. Adeang is the former Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru, and Nauru's Minister of Finance and Justice, as well as the Minist ...

was sworn in on 31 October 2023, Dageago took an oath of office for a deputy minister position.

References

External links

* naurugov.nr
''Hon. Isabella Dageago, MP.''
(with photo) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dageago, Isabella Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Members of the Parliament of Nauru People from Yaren District Health ministers of Nauru 21st-century women politicians Women government ministers of Nauru 21st-century Nauruan politicians